| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMAPS | International Microelectronics And Packaging Society |
| GSC | Geological Survey Of Canada |
| SQCC | Semiclassical Quantization (by) Circuit Counting |
| HIWIP | Homojunction Interfacial Work-function Internal Photoemission |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Analysis |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| AFEAS | Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| MCP | Microchannel Plate |
| OHCE | One-and-a-half-centered Expansion (method For Calcns. On Charge Transfer In Ion-atom Scattering) |